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Book Awards

Discover authors who are winners of, or have been in contention for, some of the most prestigious awards. By their very presence on this page, you can be sure that each of the books featured here is the 'crème-de-la-crème' of today's literature.

Books of the Month

The Last WordHanif Kureishi
March 2015 Book of the Month.
As one would expect from such a talented writer, this is an intelligent, amusing and intimate novel. Sometimes when you look forward to something too much, you...Format: Paperback - Released: 05/03/2015

Other Featured Books this Month

Sea of PoppiesAmitav Ghosh
The first in the breathtaking trilogy on the history of the opium wars. This starts just before in a time of colonial upheaval, the 1830s. Full of minutiae, strong characters and vivid images, this sweeps you through a fascinating period...Format: Paperback - Released: 16/04/2009

Roy JenkinsJohn Campbell
Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2014.
Shortlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize.
Following Roy Jenkins from his not-quite working class roots through to his rise in politics and influence on post-war Britain. Jenkins can be seen either as an usher...Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2015

Young SkinsColin Barrett
Winner of the 2014 Guardian First Book Award.
Winner of the 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.
This magnificent collection takes us to Glanbeigh, a small town in rural Ireland - a town in which the youth have the run of...Format: Paperback - Released: 11/12/2014

Chop ChopSimon Wroe
A fabulous and surprising read about an English lit graduate taking a lowly job in the kitchen of a Camden restaurant but mostly it’s about the local gangster, the Fat Man, and his culinary demands. We are introduced to the...Format: Paperback - Released: 05/03/2015

H is for HawkHelen Macdonald
Winner of the Costa Book of the year 2014.
Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2014.
Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize 2014.
Owning and training a hawk has been a life-long dream for Helen Macdonald, she accomplishes her dream as she...Format: Paperback - Released: 26/02/2015

Last Month's Featured Books

ParallaxSinead Morrissey
Winner of the TS Eliot prize for poetry 2013. The Forward Prize-shortlisted fourth collection of poems by the inaugural Belfast laureate, and one of Northern Ireland's greatest female poets.
Chair of...

H is for HawkHelen Macdonald
Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2014.
Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2014.
Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize 2014.
Owning and training a hawk has been a life-long...

Fire SongsDavid Harsent
Winner of the T S Eliot Poetry Prize 2014.
The poems in David Harsent's new collection, whether single poems, dramatic sequences, or poems that 'belong to one another', share a dark...

The Month Before's Featured Books

The Shock of the FallNathan Filer
Winner of the Writers’ Guild Award for Best First Novel 2014.
Winner of the Specsavers Popular Fiction Book of the of the Year at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2014.
Winner...

How to be BothAli Smith
Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2014.
One of our Books of the Year 2014.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 this is an unusual and highly inventive novel. It is...

Elizabeth is MissingEmma Healey
Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2014.
One of our Books of the Year 2014.
Eighty-something Maud is getting forgetful and so writes notes to herself. ‘Elizabeth is missing’ is one...

My Family and Other SuperheroesJonathan Edwards
Winner of the Costa Poetry Award 2014.
This debut collection of poetry, My Family and Other Superheroes, by Jonathan Edwards, introduces us to a vibrant new voice from Wales.
The Costa Judges...

The MiniaturistJessie Burton
A superlative debut novel that combines the complexity and atmosphere of the best historical tales with a touching meditation on the nature of art and its organic relationship with the...

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